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Volume 4

From the Audimeter to the Audiometer

with Wayne J. Staab, PhD

Wayne takes a fascinating look at how today’s audiometer is a far cry from what it was more than one hundred years ago, not only visibly, but also in technology.

RANTS! Some Things We Would Change—If We Could

with Douglas L. Beck, AuD Marshall Chasin, AuD Laurel A. Christensen, PhD Wayne J. Staab, PhD Calvin Staples, MSc

Marshall Chasin asked a few colleagues in the industry and in the clinic to provide their thoughts (some may consider these as “rants”) about what they would change if they could. These colleagues have been practicing long enough to see many changes in technology and professional service delivery and kindly offer their perspective as to what we might change, if only we could.

Hearing Aid Analyzers…Factory Floor Testing as a Start

with George J. Frye, M.Eng Wayne J. Staab, PhD

The hearing professional has to remember that the hearing aid is a complicated hardware device.  Many things could and do happen to affect the way that it operates.  Sometimes, only by running an objective test is a defect found in what otherwise seems to be a perfect hearing aid. Frye and Staab look at the advantages of hearing aid analyzers.

Volume 3

The Mysterious Cartilaginous/Bony Ear Canal Junction

with Wayne J. Staab, PhD

The “Trends” column returns with a tale of “The Mysterious Cartilaginous/Bony Ear Canal Junction.”

SNR-Mate© A Useful, Effective, and Simple Test Lost to Time and Sound Card Changes

with Wayne J. Staab, PhD Steve Armstrong, BEng Electrical Engineer

Wayne and Steve tell us the tale of the “SNR-Mate© A Useful, Effective, and Simple Test Lost to Time and Sound Card Changes.”

Deep Canal Hearing Aids – A Concept, Not a Style

with Wayne J. Staab, PhD

Wayne Staab tells us the story of how, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a series of events occurred that brought fitting hearing aids more deeply into the ear canal.

Program the Aid, and Whatever You Hit is the Target

with Wayne J. Staab, PhD

Wayne Staab explores the question of what is the gain/response target of optimal hearing aid amplification.

Volume 2

Remote Teleprogramming of Hearing Aids

with Wayne J. Staab, PhD

In this installment of Trends, Wayne Staab looks at “Remote Teleprogramming of Hearing Aids.”

Disposable Hearing Aid

with Wayne J. Staab, PhD

Wayne Staab looks back on the disposable hearing aid that was introduced in 2000 By Songbird Medical.

Hearing Testing History: Western Electric 2-A Audiometer

with Wayne J. Staab, PhD

Class is in session as Wayne Staab gives us some Hearing Testing History on the Western Electric 2-A Audiometer.